Smoke ban forces pubs to hire strippers
More pubs are resorting to strippers and exotic dance nights to pull in badly-needed trade as the economy worsens and the smoking ban begins to bite.
Striptease and entertainment agencies say enquiries from pubs and clubs have significantly increased over the past six months.
Dawn Pugsley, from Angels Exotic in Windsor, Berkshire, said hard-pressed hosts were turning to strippers to entice drinkers through the door.
“We are getting a lot more enquiries from pubs and the numbers have risen sharply over the past few months or so. Licensees are telling me they are being forced to look at alternative forms of entertainment because they are struggling so badly,” she said.
“More licensees are looking at these sort of nights, especially since the smoking ban began to hit trade.”
Source: Morning Advertiser. Link
